Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings

Thursday, May 21, 2020

I did this today out at the George LeStrange Preserve in Ft. Pierce. Lovely day out, wasn't too hot till about noon, it was 91 when I got home. Its painted with palette knife, a big one! I had left my normal size one at home, wasn't sure if it would come out or not. Then when I was about finished I found a medium sized knife I had packed away in my bag so finished with that one.

Everything was done on site except for the fisherman, I put him in when I got home.

Friday, May 08, 2020

Painted this one today at Indian Hills Preserve with some friends. We kept our distance from each other, it felt great to be out! Just a few people were out too, they didn't come very close. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. $200.

Saturday, December 07, 2019

I painted thisThursday out at the Indrio Savannas. I had a lot of trouble picking out where I wanted to paint, wanted to get the golden colors of the cypress trees. It was gorgeous out, I was dressed real warm and had to shed some layers. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

I painted this November 26th with the Martin County plein air painters at Heathcote botanical gardens. There is one of the other artists. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. Its always wonderful painting at Heathcote!

Sunday, November 24, 2019

I painted this at JayCee park Thursday, it was nice out, started out a bit chilly but it got perfect real fast. Its 8 x 10 inches oil on Masonite. I tweaked it a little bit at home, I had some hanging palm fronds in the palm tree that just looked weird and I added the sea gulls. They were there and were hoping for hand outs. The little blue heron was there as well, he was pretty tame.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

I did this awhile back from some photos I took out at JayCee park here in Fort Pierce. I have a whole pile of paintings I need to get up here on the blog, not sure why I didn't post it! Its oil on masontite, 5 x 7 inches.

Thursday, November 07, 2019

I had a lovely time visiting with our painting group, the Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. It is looser than normal but I was happy with the way it came out. It was painted at the Village Marina.
Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Monday, November 04, 2019

Finally posting something recent for a change! This is from Thursday's paintout in the Savannas Recreational Area here in Ft. Pierce off Midway Road. It was a disaster of an October, my husband ended up in the hospital with congestive heart failure, he is home now and seems to be doing well. I got a bug and had to go to the doctors, the stress sent my blood pressure up and the medications did not agree with me. First caused heart palpitations and next made me so dizzy I fell down a couple of times. All is well now with me, blood pressure is down to a low normal on no meds.Then our toilet stops flushing! Septic tank filter was clogged. Great timing!So I finally go painting, this is mostly from life but I had to tweak it some at home, I was a bit rusty! Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on Masonite, lots of textures, its almost all painting knife.

Friday, October 04, 2019

Another one I did yesterday at the Savannas Recreational area. Its a little one, 5 x 7 inches, oil on Masonite. If you look close you can see a gopher tortoise, there are a lot of them there. The plants on the right are pickerel weeds, they are very pretty right now.

Thursday, October 03, 2019

Finally did some painting today with my group, the Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast! We had a lot of fun catching up, the weather is finally cool enough to paint in. It was getting pretty warm by noon and the light and shadows changed a lot.This is how it looked in the morning, by noon it was cloudy and we had a few nice sprinkles of rain. Nice breeze from the east and I saw the blue heron flying past just where he is in the painting. So I am naming it "Blue Heron Flyby"This is at the Savannas Recreational area off Midway road in Ft. Pierce. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on Masonite.

Saturday, June 29, 2019

First painting after my cataract surgery, I was having fun with colors! I tried a new to me technique. I took a piece of watercolor paper, coated it with clear acrylic. This was to protect the paper from the oil paints. Then painted an under painting with watercolors. Then went over that with oils. It was about 5 sessions with letting it dry in between times and tweaks. Its a fun technique, something a little different. Its loosely based on a photo I took while I was at a Heathcote Botanical Gardens plant sale.
Its 9 x 11 inches, watercolor and oil on watercolor paper.

Friday, May 17, 2019

"June-Ann's Palm Trees" I painted this yesterday in June-Ann's lovely yard with my painting group, The Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. We had a super time, June-Ann took me on a tour of her home and I got to see her wonderful collection of paintings. She served us iced tea and cookies they were an unexpected treat. I had fun on the way over to her house, there are lots of peacocks wandering around the neighborhood, we could hear them calling while we were painting.
Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, May 09, 2019

Did this out at Becker Preserve today, very nice out. Lovely breeze so it wasn't too hot. i always wanted to paint the palm that is almost laying down so did it today.
Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Finally posting this, its a little 5 x 7 inch oil painting I did out at JayCee park a few weeks ago. It was the second painting of the day, very loose, but I thought it needed a little something so I added the sailboat and birds.

Saturday, May 04, 2019

I started this on location a couple of days ago at Becker Preserve, finished it today at home. Its bigger than my usual paintings so I wasn't able to finish on site. Its 12 x 16 inches, oil on canvas. $400.00 The painting is oil on masonite, 12 x 16 inches.

Friday, April 26, 2019

Exciting day painting yesterday, about 200 feet from where we were painting an electric pole started arcing with the super bright light, then it blew up, arced some more and blew up again. Very very loud! The fire truck came and put out the underbrush which had started to burn up.
Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Painted this today at the Manatee Center, had a lovely time. The exhibits in the Center are very cool, lovely aquariums.
This is part of their butterfly garden, painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.
Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, December 06, 2018

SOLD I painted this today with our group, The Plein Air Painters of the
Treasure Coast. Nice day, a little chilly and breezy but not bad. Its
at the Village Marina on Torpey road off old Dixie Highway, I love it
there, its a super place to paint.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Painting today at the Village Marina. It was chilly out but I warmed up fast and it turned out to be a nice day. We had a great turn out and had lots of fun.

The painting is 8 by 10 inches, oil on Masonite. Half off Christmas sale $150. Its a good time for you to get a unique present for those hard to buy for loved ones.
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Thursday, November 01, 2018

I painted this today at Heathcote Botanical gardens, had a lot of fun. They are three different kinds of palms, the one in the back is an old man palm, the trunk is covered with brown whiskers. Its too far away to show in my painting but it was very interesting to see in real life.

They are putting up the Christmas lights and we had a bit of a preview. It looks like its going to be a wonderful show this year.

The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite, Click on the PayPal yellow button to purchase.

Friday, October 26, 2018

I did this yesterday at Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. I had a lot of fun, there were some nice children there who were very polite and liked my painting. There were lots of butterflies and some humming birds, I was by the children's garden there.
The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite, Click on the PayPal yellow button to purchase.

Monday, July 23, 2018

This started out badly, I was trying a different technique, negative
painting with water soluble oil paints. So it was sort of new to me, I
have done negative painting before but not trying to do a whole painting
just parts of them. Negative painting is working from front to back, it
messes with your mind in a fun but sometimes frustrating way. So
foreground things are painted first and the background is painted around
them. Then in the end up it turned into more of one of my
normal paintings. There is the final painting and a wip below. Right before
the end the painting was taken to the sink and washed off, something I
hadn't done with water soluble oils. I wasn't sure if the whole thing
would come off or not. It stayed and I decided I didn't like the plants
on the right so rubbed them out. Click them to see bigger. Painting is 9
x 12 inches, oil on canvas mounted on masonite.

Monday, July 16, 2018

Forgot to put this one up, its a plein air from the last paint out. Its 5 x 7, oil on masonite in the new technique I have been playing with. This was done at the Old Ft. park in Fort Pierce on the Indian River. Top photo is the entire painting, bottom is a close up so you can see the details. Click on the photos to see them larger.

Sunday, July 08, 2018

What I finished painting Thursday, started it last week.This is some
more of my new technique. The first is the painting and the next is a
close up so you can see the textures. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on
masonite. I painted it totally on site in the two sessions. This will be
our last outdoor session till the weather gets cooler again. It was 95F
when I got home! I had lots of fun but I was wiped out from the heat.

About Me

I was born in Ft. Pierce and lived there all my life. I have an Associate in Art degree from the Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce. I consider myself primarily self taught.
I am a member of Plein Air Florida, and the leader of Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. My paintings are in art collections worldwide.
I have co-published an article in Plein Air Magazine.
I have contributed paintings to Art for Nature, Heathcote Botanical Gardens, Habitat for Humanity and various other charities.
I love painting outside using the painting knife. I love the rich texture and lustrous effects I can get with the knife.
My studio is located in my home on Indian River Drive in Fort Pierce. I use both of my names in my art, Lori McNamara and Lenore McNamara.
I can be reached at lori.mcnamara@gmail.com